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REVIEW: THE STUD BOOK BY MONICA DRAKE

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Monica Drake’s first novel, Clown Girl, has been optioned for film by Kristen Wiig. When that flick gets made even your long dead grandmother will know who Monica Drake is.
And who she is, as evidenced by her new novel The Stud Book, is an author who knows how to craft a sharp satire that’s riddled with unexpectedly poignant moments. Continue reading

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INTERVIEW: SALLIE FORD & THE SOUND OUTSIDE

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This polite, seemingly shy young woman from a Bible belt town down South has grabbed music by the balls with her band’s appropriately titled 2013 LP, Untamed Beast. Continue reading

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EAT SKULL: III

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On their appropriately but tritely title third album, the Portland (Oregon) outfit Eat Skull echo The Bunnymen and give us The Cramps. Continue reading

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SAVAGE LOVE: DIFFERENT STROKES

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But if you want to surprise your boyfriend—and that’s legit, and lots of people surprise their partners with sex toys on Valentine’s Day—I asked a few sex-toy merchants I like and trust for recommendations for you. Continue reading

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MISSADVENTUROUS: AGING IN PAIRS

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And by ‘somewhere’ I mean I spent 4 years basically single trying to master independence. Hence all the bad dates. Continue reading

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You know how Portland’s thing (besides Powell Books and Voodoo Donuts) is all about keeping it weird? Continue reading

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THE SHINS: PORT OF MORROW

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Finally, at long last, there comes an album by The Shins that is neither life-changing nor life-affirming. Continue reading

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THANKSGIVING WITH THANKSGIVING: PART ONE

 

The writer of this piece, with Adrian Orange, of the band Thanksgiving

I am going to say write off the bat that this review of latest release from Thanksgiving  is marred with all types of “lack of journalistic objectivity”: I am currently dating Adrian Orange (of Thanksgiving) and right now, we’re kind of in a stupid fight, I think. But as the sassy-n-brassy writer than I am, I cannot let these factors deter me from completing this assignment. Continue reading

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BIG DIGITS TOUR DIARY: DAY 3

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I’m the only one that watched Portlandia so nobody gets any of my jokes. Continue reading